Brill Building Pop

I was at a music bare this past Friday in London called "333|Mother Bar", because there's a club downstairs called "Mother". Anyway, this was a really cool place since it dared to play a very narrow selection of music - a very specific musical genre; namely "Brill Building Pop" (or that is what I am guessing it is) Read more at allmusic. I don't know if that was the theme just that one night, 'cause from their website it looks as if thye play other sorts of music too.

With friends from around the globe, I had a ball! Great stuff. We were two Greeks, three Norwegian, one German, one Libanese, one Italian, one Scottish and one Dane (your's truly).

The next evening we went to a Turkish restaurent, where the waiter was such a laugh and the food was very nice. Afterwards we continued to a cool place called "Bedroom Bar" also in the Shoreditch area, like "333|Mother Bar". This was a really cool place because not only did the DJ play Soul, Classic, Disco, Funk and House, which are kinda my favorite kinds of music, there was also a saxophone player who improvised live over the tracks the DJ played! Smashing!!! It gave the place such a super ambiance, and I really enjoyed it and danced with great pleasure. Here's the address for the place. I haven't been able to find their website...

I highly recommend both places. I'd go out there any time - well provided my best buddies accompanies me!

Drinks abound in Cheshire

Right now I am in Liverpool, writing from the Library. I took this photo yesterday that you really should see!

My friend John and I took a trip to Chester, which is about 40 minutes away from Liverpool by train. Chester dates way back, and even has roman remains to offer, if you are into that kind of thing. It is very much "Old England" with many many Tudor Style houses and a very nice atmosphere. We had a nice day there and made it our mission to try some of the local beer, before we headed back to Liverpool.

At "Dutton's" we had a glass of J.W. Lee's "Plumb Pudding"; a smooth christmassy drink. Nice, but nothing spectacular! But that beer is from Manchester, so it wasn't really local, but fortunately I spotted a very nice pub just before we had to give up, because we were actually almost back at the railway station to go back. "The Old Harker's Arms"is right by the Chester canal, and has great selection of beers and nice food.

We opted for the beer though, and this was where we found "Weedwoods Bitter" - the local brew. That was nice and our mission had been accompliced :-)

Later that night, we went to a spectacular pub in Liverpool called "The Philharmonic", where I took this super photo of John with a cigar in one hand and a double MACALLAN in the other. What a gentleman's moment!

We had a great day (and my time at the library is running out). I hope to tell more soon.